An unnamed Vermont Yankee employee has alleged there was an “unisolateable” radioactive steam leak in the underground Advanced Off-Gas drain pit at Vermont Yankee two years ago.
Arnie Gundersen, a nuclear expert and member of the Public Oversight Panel, received a call from the employee on Feb. 14, who stated that the only way to have repaired the leak would have been to shut down the nuclear power plant in Vernon. The employee told Gundersen that “Furmanite,” a sealant was used to “plug the hole.”
Gundersen submitted the information in an e-mail to the Public Service Board on Feb. 16.
